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Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Really Good Game, love the gameplay. BUT THEY ALREADY DROPPED IT. No updates for 2 years. The game is 4 years old. A joke.”
“Honestly one of my favorite games, if you are looking to enter the RTS genre but is confused and don't know where to start this is a great option, even after having other games like CK3 or Bannerlord, Knights of honor…”
“Very easy to learn, lovely chilled game which isnt perfect but very enjoyable for those total war and paradox grand strategy lovers. Great for playing 1-2 hours at a time for those with other commitment. So glad I found…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I highly recommend this to any RTS fan. Simplified Total War or Crusader King game, that you will enjoy most of the time spent in entire one playthrough. Its not a quick game that you will finish in few hours ... my…”
“Good game, fun to play with friends. Doesnt offer anything crazy unique, but can be a good fresh game even if its similar.”
“really enjoyed playing the game espacially with friends”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“game is fun a fairly easy to learn. If you're not used to games like Europa or Crusader Kings the controls may seem a bit daunting but you get used to them fairly quickly. They are much more accessible than Europa or…”
“Great game, base game is phenomenal, the Mods offered are HUGE, and great as well, Can NOT find anything horrible about the game, if you played the first one, this one is similar, but better, as the original always…”
“Easy to grasp, but with solid amount of depth. Biggest plus here is - this is the only grand strategy that does not ship 100000 DLCs. Dunno if it'll get more updates but it is a really well done game, solidly polished…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Very easy to learn, lovely chilled game which isnt perfect but very enjoyable for those total war and paradox grand strategy lovers. Great for playing 1-2 hours at a time for those with other commitment. So glad I found…”
“I highly recommend this to any RTS fan. Simplified Total War or Crusader King game, that you will enjoy most of the time spent in entire one playthrough. Its not a quick game that you will finish in few hours ... my…”
“I so far have enjoyed the wide variety of ways to accomplish your goals as well as the big range of obstacles that can impede progress. Perfect game to casually enjoy if you have young kids around because you can easily…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I highly recommend this to any RTS fan. Simplified Total War or Crusader King game, that you will enjoy most of the time spent in entire one playthrough. Its not a quick game that you will finish in few hours ... my…”
“Medieval historical immersiveness; The KOH II brings better AI balance”
“Better graphic then in first KoH. More options. Much more complicated progress. Still very good game.”
31 of the 104 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a decent strategy title, but it has a lot of rough edges holding it back. Tips: -Follow the in game starting suggestions in the royal library -Gold income is everything -Get one early barracks -Tactical battles…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“On the surface it looks like the old one, I loved that one and played it for years, but this one is so poorly optimized like they made it and never looked at it again. No matter how developed your kingdom and knights…”
“Complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. i havent seen ai cheat this hard since hoi4 and TWWH. No matter the effort nor guide the ai will send 5k strong armies at any point in the game. just to prove this i started one at the start of the…”
“Good Game, The first one with mods was more challenging, but overall way superior”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a decent strategy title, but it has a lot of rough edges holding it back. Tips: -Follow the in game starting suggestions in the royal library -Gold income is everything -Get one early barracks -Tactical battles…”
“What a nice idea it was to vaporize my heir because he was not old enough to take the throne, as if the uncle couldnt manage the kingdom until, you know, his nephew come of age. Genius game design, I'm baffled of how…”
“I wanted to like Knights of Honor II, and I’m sure many will like it, but it has some core mechanics I dislike. While it is not a bad game, it is not for me. I mainly felt like I was being hogtied by the amount of…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“There are many problems with multiplayer gameplay. Please add servers or delete the game if you don't fix the server issues.”
“really good. wish there were more number of units and more men on the field. 10's of thousands would be great. also real time combat with friends. oh also yo have a siege engine
“I love the cylce of investing in economy, finding the resources/cities where I can best expand further and trying to do it in a dipolomatic way to avoid penalties. The approval system gives you a reason to be patient…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Really Good Game, love the gameplay. BUT THEY ALREADY DROPPED IT. No updates for 2 years. The game is 4 years old. A joke.”
“Amazing grand Strategy game, needs more expansions and mods”
“I am giving a positive review just because the singleplayer is alright and I really wish for the developer to continue this series, but how can you release this game without implementing manual battles in…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 77.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Fits neatly into the gap between Total War and Crusader Kings. The gameplay has enough stuff going on to allow some interesting shenanigans but isn't as overwhelmingly complex as paradox games. Easy to learn but still having some depth without being too confusing. Falls a bit…”
— a player, Steam review · 188 hrs played“>Start the game as Poland >Not 5min into the session, the Pope wants money for a crusade >I send the gold >The requests repeat several times >Not actually requests but demands >More money needed >I send gold since I want to be on the good side with Our Lord and Saviour Jesus…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“It's like Total War and Crusader Kings had a child, but it's not as good as either. Tactical battles are crap compared to Total War and there's not much depth on global map either. My biggest problem with this game is that there's no indication of time passing - it doesn't even…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Knights of Honor II Patch 1.7.0
Update Overview This is the sixth major update since the release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign. This time we focused on rebellions and added new features to allow players to better handle rebellio
Knights of Honor II - Beta Patch 1.7.0b1
Hi everyone and welcome to the Beta of the 7th major patch for Knights of Honor II: Sovereign! The current Beta version is now available on Steam. To access it just right-click on the game in your lib
Knights of Honor II Patch Notes Game ver. 1.6.0
Update Overview This is the fifth major update since the release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign. With this update, we added more depth and features to the game’s Vassalage mechanics, allowing playe
Knights of Honor II Beta Patch Notes 1.6.0b4
Bugfixes and changes • Fixed a major bug causing vassals to demand their sovereign’s support every time a campaign was loaded. This will still happen if a savegame from a previous patch version is loa
Knights of Honor II Beta Patch Notes
Game ver. 1.6.0b3, 03-Nov -2023 Build version 31750 Bugfixes and changes - Added translations - Fixed text bug: replaced "+0.5 gold per worker" with "+100% gold from population" in Scutage tooltip - F
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Medieval · Grand Strategy · RTS · Historical · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · 4X · Sandbox · City Builder · Open World (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese * , Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Indonesian * |
| Achievements | 100 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 Processor: AMD FX-8350 or Intel Core i5-2500K Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon HD 7870 / GeForce GTX 750-Ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 14 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.